• space_gecko@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That money IS going to NASA, and then NASA decided it was a worthwhile investment to work with SpaceX to transport astronauts to the space station, resupply the station, and be an important research partner in autonomous landing systems, full-flow staged combustion engines, and many many more.

    The rest of the money is coming from commercial launch customers, government and private customers alike.

    Also, fiber internet doesn’t do you any good while you’re in the air or on the sea.

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      1 year ago

      There are already enough satelites for airplane and sea (and middle of rainforest) internet. Skylink, or whatever it’s called, was made for price gauged, infrastructure money laundered, usaians. Actually idk what it’s made for. I don’t see the point of private rocket companies at all. Guy was talking like elon, how we need to escape earth or something. Like it’s not our problem.